Professor Elam

Wed August  19 2020

My BUAD experiential class visited an elementary school to present for Junior Achievement.  I am posting this as JA is looking for volunteers to record

presentations.

 

Dr. Elam,

 

Thank you for sharing Junior Achievement! We hope we can begin a new partnership and provide a valuable learning/volunteer experience to your communications department.

 

Below are my responses for the professors questions….

 

In addition, I have attached a guide and video (https://youtu.be/4PF30svMjio)  that we provide to our volunteers. Hopefully this can also give a better idea of what it would look like to become a JA volunteer. – side Note: We will still conduct a virtually training with the volunteers also to answer questions, discuss specifics, etc.

 

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students on workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on and remote learning programs for K-12^th grade. Educators in K-12^th will request a program from us that is in alignment with their grade level and/or curriculum. Once we have the class request the volunteer would visit the classroom, via one of the delivery options below, to visit the classroom and deliver the program.

 

*Volunteers receive all program materials, access to digital applications (PPT’s, student worksheets, etc.) and attend a training with a program manager (me) prior to visiting classroom.

 

Volunteer Delivery Options:

 

1. In Person = where the volunteer can deliver the entire program at the school.
1.  DUE TO COVID WE ARE NOT OFFERING THIS OPTION FOR FALL SEMESTER
2. Remote Live = (also known as “beam-in”) Volunteer visits classroom virtually via zoom, teams, etc. to deliver one or more sessions. Volunteer can either:

a. Lead a discussion

b. Guide an activity

c. Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a topic within the session

3. Remote Video= Educator shares one or more videos

a. Lead a discussion

b. Guide an activity

c. Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a topic within the session

In this option, the recorded video can be one short video that students watch at some point during the program, or be session-specific recorded videos. There’s a lot of flexibility here for you as the professor on what you want your students to do – This is what my recommendation would be for our college students, since we typically run into timing issues as they are also attending school/work during the time ES/MS/HS is in session.

 

With the Remote Video option, volunteers can choose how they would like to record the videos. We have seen several different ways we like to allow the volunteers to be creative. Examples would be: Interview style with a partner, they share a screen and show a PPT, or simply like a U-tube video. The infographic I provided also has some video examples for your review.

 

We would love to have his students teach our New HS program-  JA Business Communications. Here is a quick brief on the program:

JA Business Communications Students focus on communication skills necessary to succeed in business, including communicating up, down, and across organizations, talking about performance, and writing in a business setting. In the course project, students develop a comprehensive business plan to share with potential investors and stakeholders.

 

Hopefully, this has answered everything. If you have any additional questions please don’t hesitate to call/email. Like everyone we are continuously learning on how to best navigate this New Virtually learning environment.

 

Thank you for being such an Awesome advocate for JA!

 

Take care,